Antiseptic mouth-protector for cigars.



J.P.BUB.GBR. ANTISEPTIG MOUTH PROTECTOR POR CIGARS. APPLICATION FILEDNOV.16, 1906.

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JOHN FREDERICKBURGER, or. BALrnioRE, MARYLAND.

ANTISEPTIG MOUTH-PROTECTOR FOR CIGARS.

Specication of Letters Patent.

patented June s, 1909.

Application -led November 16, 1906. Serial No. 343,738.

To all whom it may concern; 4

. Be it known that I, JOHN FREDERICK BURGER, a citizenof the UnitedStates, residing at Baltimore, inthe State of-Maryland, have invented anew and useful Improvement inAntise tic 'Mouth-Protectors for Cigars, ofwhich t e following isaspeciiication. v This invention is a new anduseful construction. of mouth piece for cigars, the object being toprovide a clean, neat and sani- -tary mouth piece which can be quicklyand .easily attached to the butt end of the cigar and another object isto provide a mouth piece of such cheap construction that if desired, it

can be used as an advertising medium to be given away with each purchaseof cigars.

- mouth piece, the metal tube being shown in.

With these o b'ects in view the invention conslsts essentla y 'inproviding a funnel ,shaped mouth piece made of thin cork or sinnlarmaterial which is connected toa ri id tapering plug, said plug having ametalic tu e connected therewith and projecting centrally throu h thefunnel shaped cork mouth piece and a so beyond the same, the inner endof said metal tube being pointed so that it can be readily inserted intothe cigar, and this tube is also provided with one or moreperforations,l to insure an easy draft.

The-invention consists also in certain deoutin the claim.

In the drawings 4forming a part of this speciiica'tionz-Figure 1 isaview showing a cigar' provided with my sanitary mouth piece. Fig; 2 isa'detailperspective view of the said mouth iece detached. Fig. 3 is avertical longitudinal sectional view of the 'elevation. Fi 4 is atransversei's'ection on theline4--4o Fig.3. V

`In constructing a sanitary'mouth piece in accordance with my invention,I provide a funnel'shaped portion A, which is preferably made ofthincork or similar material and is -attached to a tapered plug B, saidplug being preferably made of Wood or some other material sufficientlyhard to provide the necessary strength and rigidity at the extreme endof the mouth piece and connected to this plug and'passin centrallytherethroughis a metal tube C, t e` outer end of said metal tube beingflush with the outer end of the tails hereinafter fully described and,pointedy plug while the tube itself passes 'centrally Lthrough thefunnel shaped mouth piece-and terminates in a point C and adjacent thepointed end one or more perforations C2 are produced so that the smokecan be drawn freely through the tube.

In 4operation the tube is inserted longitudinally in the butt end of thecigar and the funnel shaped mouth piece envelo s the said ment canbeprinted upon eitherthe exterior -or interior of the funnel shaped holderbefore the material is attached to the wooden plug.

A holderconstructed as herein shown and describedand being veryinexpensive can be given awaywith each purchase of cigars if so desiredand in that event the advertising feature of the holder would make itall the more useful, as anarticle of manufacture.

` Having thus fully described my invention, what I vclaim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patentis:-

As a new article of manufacture, an antiseptic mouthprotector for cigarscomprising a thin funnel-shaped member formed of cork adapted to receivethe butt end of a cigar, a tapering wooden plug provided with alongitudinal bore secured in the contracted end of said funnel-shapedmember forming a rigid endv portion for thesame which is inserted in themouth, the outer end of the plug being flush with the end of thefunnel-shaped member, said plug holding said funnelshaped member 1nshape and a tube extending transversely through the bore of saidtapering plug and centrally through the funnel-shaped member, said tubebeing provided with'a pointed end extending out beforations andthe otherend of said tube being Hush with the outer end of said lug.

JOHN FREDERICK B RGER. Witnesses: D. ARDIN CARRIGK,

CHARLES M. BRANNING.

